GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| engender | beget |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |